April 22, 2024
Beshir Turkmen Bag with Ikat Inspired Design.
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's an interesting complete single bag, late 19th /early 20th century, most likely Turkmen, but could be Uzbek, most likely from the area along the middle reaches of the Amu Darya River (Beshir area). Whoever made it, the design is clearly taken directly from classical Uzbek silk ikats. The colors are all good, stable, vegetal dyes, and the overall color palette even reminds me of Uzbek ikats. The variation in the yellow (lighter to darker) is apparently due simply to uneven dyeing, rather than fading---the reverse side of the pile front shows the same pattern of variation as the front. The bag is complete, with flatwoven back, and remains sewn into a bag. The lower guard border of the pile face is folded under at the bottom, and shows as part of the back. Closure loops of dark hair (goat? horse?) remain across the top edge of both front and back. Size is about 18" x 27" (46cm x 69cm). The images should give you a good impression of the color and condition of this interesting Beshir bag, but if you do have any questions, email and I'll happily reply. I WILL BE LISTING OTHER OLD AND ANTIQUE RUGS AND TEXTILES FROM TIME TO TIME, SO CHECK MY AUCTIONS REGULARLY AND YOU MIGHT FIND SOMETHING YOU LIKE.
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